Everyone needs a Lucy in their life

Teachers are heroes, sometimes long after you leave their classroom

A fact that I often share without shame or embarrassment—and that people find hard to believe—is that I was a terrible student in middle and high school. Just last year I saw some of my high school transcripts, which for some godforsaken reason my Mom still had amidst her possessions.

I looked at them, laughed, and said, “Wow, these are even worse than I…